University Research Council (URC)
The University Research Council (URC), administered by the Senior Vice President for Research, is the governance body for research operations and strategies at Penn State. The URC members serve as research liaisons for their academic areas including University Park, the commonwealth campuses and the College of Medicine at Hershey.
The members include Associate Deans of Research, Institute Directors, Director of Federal Relations, Assistant Vice Presidents, Fellows, and other PSU delegates appointed by the Senior Vice President for Research that are broadly representative of the research-oriented focus among the Penn State community. Meetings occur eight times throughout the calendar year.
For questions regarding URC meetings or membership, please contact osvpr@psu.edu. For a printer-friendly table of URC members, please click here.
URC Members

Omid Ansary

Andrew August

D. Scott Bennett

Michael J. Bernstein

Mallika Bose

Rick Brazier

Sarah Bronson, URC Chair 2022-2023

James Crandall

Eric Donnell

Roger Egolf

Deborah Ehrenthal

Jenni Evans

Gregory Fosco

Corey Griffin

Raymond Hohl

Mihoko Hosoi

Steven Huddart

Judy Hupcey

Zuleima Karpyn

Greg Kelly

Jennifer Kraschnewski

Daniel Leri

Bruce Logan

James Marden

Miguel Mostafa

Vahid Motevalli

Anthony Olorunnisola

Zoubeida Ounaies

Dara E. Purvis

Clive Randall

Andrew Read

Alicyn Marie Rhoades

Blair D. Siegfried

Allan Sonsteby

Michael J. Stedelin

Andrea Tapia

Debra Thurley

Gloria (Geanie) Umberger

Sheila L. Vrana

Amanda Wintersteen

Bin Yan
Invited Attendees

Luis Ayala, Administrative Fellow 2022-2023

Kim Brue

Lara Fowler

Patty Hickman

Jenifer Hoffman (per Judy Hupcey)

Michael Lanagan

Vijay Narayanan

Jennifer Nicholas

Chris Pfeiffer

Ruth Weber
Ex-Officio Members

David Giannantonio

John Hanold

Rashonda Harris

Michelle Hutnik

Todd Jackson

Leslie Parent

Phillip E. Savage

James "Jim" Taylor

Michael F. Verderame

Lora G. Weiss
